PRINCIPALS
| Daniel C. Bower In 1977 Dan Bower joined Gowdy and Hunt, PC, the parent firm of Hunt Engineers, Architects & Land Surveyors, P.C. (HUNT). During his tenure he has developed a respected land development and survey division producing a long list of successful projects. He has instituted the use of many computer programs including AutoCAD, Softdesk, Haested, Integraph and Tripod Data Systems. He became the firms New York Regional Office Manager in 1989, thus expanding his duties to oversee firm financial, personnel, and policy matters. After the firm's founder retired and a new corporate board was established in 1993, Dan was named President/CEO and he continues in these responsibilities overseeing the operations of the now 120-person design firm. Beyond his corporate responsibilities, Dan also manages projects for the State University Construction Fund, Office of General Services, several municipalities, and various developers. |
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| David R. Adams Dave Adams began his architectural career in 1984, when drafting meant drawing boards. With HUNT, Dave has become adept at the issues of institutional architecture from schools and hospitals to an aquatic center. He has become an experienced project leader performing a wide range of responsibilities including project and consultant coordination, design development, production management and specification writing. His in-house coordination of the interdisciplinary team and the design schedule extends to construction where he becomes the knowledgeable source for issues of design content. |
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Gregory J. Barr |
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| Christopher J. Bond Chris Bond joined HUNT in 1987 and his career growth parallels the growth of the firm. From the beginning, Chris was involved in structural design and analysis associated with HUNT bridge projects from condition inspection and load rating to rehabilitation and replacement design. His direct project experience includes structural design, highway design, geotechnical engineering, hydrologic and hydraulic engineering evaluation, report and specification preparation, design review, field inspection, and construction administration. Chris has provided retrofit design for military and industrial clients, projects that enabled machine installation, the rehabilitation of overhead cranes, new roofing structures and other renovations. As Director of Structures for HUNT, Chris assumed leadership of an enlarged structural group which has increasingly provided structural design for architectural projects as well as bridges and other transportation structures. |
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John Cake A HUNT principal and Vice President for Architecture, John has been a licensed architect since 1978, specializing in institutional projects. For nine years a project architect and associate with a large firm specializing in school architecture, John has been project architect or project manager for more than fifty SED approved capital projects for New York State school districts. |
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Robert M. Drew |
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| Barry J. Dumbauld Barry Dumbauld has more than 20 years of engineering experience and has worked on highway/transportation projects with various state, county, and city municipalities across upstate New York. A large percentage of his work has been with the New York State Department of Transportation allowing him to develop a vast knowledge of their specifications, details, and the methods they use to complete projects. He has worked as a project team member on several Monroe County and City of Rochester projects. His responsibilities have included traffic signal design, maintenance of traffic plans, and sign and pavement marking plans. |
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| Charles J. Franzese Charles J. Franzese is one of the founding members of HUNT, re-formed in 1993 after the firm was purchased from its founder Robert W. Hunt, at his retirement. Franzese is the Vice President for Engineering and manages the firm's municipal engineering and construction service practices. Chuck joined HUNT in 1981, leaving a position in municipal engineering for the City of Corning. For HUNT, Chuck was charged with building a civil engineering department that would enable the firm to compete for projects at the county and state levels. After 17 years of developing the transportation design group and establishing its credibility with NYSDOT, the New York State Thruway Authority, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and counties across the state, Chuck accepted responsibility for the management of HUNT's growing municipal engineering practice in 1998. |
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| Dean C. Hackett As Director of Landscape Architecture for HUNT, Dean Hackett provides site analysis, planning and design for new subdivisions, school and college campuses, small parks and plazas, and commercial properties. While comfortable with specifying successful plant species and extracting from the land the client's greatest benefit, Dean acknowledges that much of his work draws on civil engineering analysis and proper site programming. Knowledgeable himself, he enjoys consulting with colleagues, working with clients and is skilled at resolving the issues construction sometimes poses. For HUNT, Dean provides conceptual master planning for subdivisions and major school projects, and has become very familiar with the issues of design regarding outdoor athletic facilities and campus planning. |
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| Darin L. Rathbun Darin Rathbun is experienced in structural analysis, design of structural systems for new buildings, and conversion of existing structures to new purposes. Darin began his career in a very busy construction market and was able to work on a variety of structural framing systems including reinforced concrete framing, post-tensioned concrete framing, steel framing, tilt-up concrete framing, masonry construction, wood framing and light steel framing. The buildings involved ranged from one to twelve stories. For HUNT, Darin serves as lead structural designer and as project manager for stand-alone structural projects and when providing structural engineering to other design firms. In 2010, Darin took leadership of HUNT's newly-relocated Pennsylvania office, now located in Towanda. |
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| Timothy K. Steed Tim Steed is a professional engineer who is a key member of HUNT project teams providing civil engineering services to clients in the public and private sector. Tim is an expert in municipal water modeling, design of water supply and distribution systems, designs for wastewater treatment and collection, and storm water control. Tim's skills as an engineer and project manager have been instrumental in completing successful projects for state agencies, municipalities, K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and industrial concerns throughout the region. |
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| Gary L. Thompson Gary Thompson joined HUNT in 1980. As Principal of the firm and Director of Survey, he is responsible for scheduling field and office personnel, reviewing field data for completeness and conformance to NYS survey standards and procedures, coordinates office calculations, computer mapping functions, and GPS subcontracts. Along with establishing procedures and training, Gary also assesses survey equipment needs, including repairs and calibration, and is responsible for survey vehicle maintenance and safety equipment. Gary has concentrated in the areas of performing transportation design surveys and digital terrain model surveys to include photogrammetic control, horizontal and vertical control, control reports, ROW mapping, DTM, topographic and utility surveys, HEC II surveys, and coordination of GPS (global positioning system) surveys utilizing New York High Accuracy Reference Network (NYHARN). |
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Charlie G. Woodcock Charlie also directs the overall coordination of projects, coordinating and scheduling staff, as well as managing resources dedicated to projects. An expert in assisting clients with NYS Department of Education building aid, he also works directly with many clients, serving as liaison during planning, design, and construction. |
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